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Showing 17411750 of 55956 articles for Art. Decree 2012-118 of 30 January 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: Citizen participation in the trial of criminal cases.

Article R2

For the application of article 264-1, the prefect's order apportioning the number of jurors pursuant to article 260 is issued before the end of January each year or, in Paris, before the end of March.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R155

…provided for by Article 114, the following may be issued to the parties:1° At their request, a copy of the complaint or the report of the final orders, judgments, penal orders and enforcement orders p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
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Article R159

…criminal orders and court orders requested in this form by the parties or the Public Prosecutor's Office shall be sent in the enforceable form..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
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Article R160

In the drafting of judgments and rulings, pleadings or submissions by either the public prosecutor or the defence counsel for the accused or defendant shall not be inserted, but only their conclusions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
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Article R154

In the event of the accused being transferred either to another investigating court or to another Assize Court, if they have already received a copy of the documents prescribed in Article 279, they ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R157

…rectional or police matters are transmitted to any court or tribunal whatsoever, or to the Ministry of Justice, the proceedings and exhibits shall be sent in minutes, unless the Minister of Justice de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
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Article R158

In all cases where the documents of a proceeding are sent, the court clerk is required to attach an inventory, which he shall draw up free of charge, as prescribed in article 586.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R233

The certified or taxed statement or statement of costs of the stakeholder shall be ordered by the heads of the court of appeal or their delegates, unless specific provisions provide for the payment of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R234

In the case of a certified statement or memorandum, the stakeholder within one month of collection of the sum, or the assigning accountant, for the costs referred to in 2° and 3° of Articles R. 224-1…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16

…ce française de lutte contre le dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency) has evidence to suggest a breach of the provisions of articles L. 241-2 and L. 241-3, the Secretary General of the Agency informs the…

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